Daily Corruption News: 20 April 2012

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Posted 20 April 2012

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Indonesia: Former ruling party treasurer guilty of graft in Indonesia
Reuters

The former treasurer of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s ruling Democrat Party was found guilty of corruption and jailed for nearly five years.



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Costa Rica: Educadores de Costa Rica marchan para protestar contra corrupción
(Costa Rica teachers march against corruption)
Agence France-Presse

Global: Panama president denies Italy bribery accusations
Agence France-Presse

Brazil: Brasil: una comisión del Congreso investigará nexos entre mafioso y políticos
Infolatam/EFE

India: Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev to hold joint fast protest on June 3
India Today

Kenya: Activists use web to fight back in anti-corruption battle
CNN (TI mention)

Nigeria: Nigeria fuel subsidy scheme hit by corruption
The Guardian

USA: Hearing scheduled for former Rep. Jefferson, facing prison after losing appeal in bribery case
Associated Press

Multimedia of the week

Tanzania: Open government: tackling corruption in Tanzania
The Guardian

Blogs and opinion

Global:Transparency is an expensive business for fledgling democracies
The Guardian

India:Three reasons to be optimistic about India
The Indian Express

News from Transparency International

On the blog: If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it

Web feature: Standing still? What the world's biggest economies are doing about corruption



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